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>> reporter: we did amazing work in libya to help depose moammar gadhafi. but at the same time, there are real elements in tunisia, libya, that are really quite against the american interests. if you look at the polling, very high percentages, it will be hard for the governments that are trying to formulate themselves and try to regain control of the nations and control the negative elements of the society. >> michael lighter, thank you very much for joining us from washington. and now, to how all of it became political today in the race for president. mitt romney somehow wanted today to be about america apologizing for its values, even after it became clear that today was about the death of an american ambassador and others, in one of two attacks on american interests on 9/11, no less. and instead of backing away, romney doubled down on his position. our chief political correspondent chuck todd has been following this all day. >> reporter: good evening, well, last night, mitt romney turned the attack and brought it into the presidential campaign, despite b
>> reporter: we did amazing work in libya to help depose moammar gadhafi. but at the same time, there are real elements in tunisia, libya, that are really quite against the american interests. if you look at the polling, very high percentages, it will be hard for the governments that are trying to formulate themselves and try to regain control of the nations and control the negative elements of the society. >> michael lighter, thank you very much for joining us from washington. and...
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. >>> when moammar gadhafi was still alive, when he was still the dictator of libya, gadhafi had a plan to settle the conflict between israel and the palestinians. to settle that issue once and for all in a very simple way, all you had to do, he said, was make a new place. a new place that would be called isratine. so it was like israel and palestine but you combined them so it would be isratine. he thought just calling a new place that would settle everything. moammar gadhafi also had a condoleezza price problem in he loved condoleezza rice too much. when his compound in tripoli was overrun by rebel forces one thing he found in his living quarters was a mash book of pictures and clippings about condoleezza rice. every page a new thing about condoleezza rice. eke. gadhafi it turns out was also afraid of the top floors of buildings that had multiple floors. ga dauf dhafi also never liked to go anywhere without a ukrainian nurse. he had a whole fleet of ukrainian nurses. there was one familiar blond one he liked with him at all times. gadhafi's son once booked mariah carey to perform for
. >>> when moammar gadhafi was still alive, when he was still the dictator of libya, gadhafi had a plan to settle the conflict between israel and the palestinians. to settle that issue once and for all in a very simple way, all you had to do, he said, was make a new place. a new place that would be called isratine. so it was like israel and palestine but you combined them so it would be isratine. he thought just calling a new place that would settle everything. moammar gadhafi also had...
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gadhafi fled and went into hiding. seven months after richard showsed us the rebel with the plastic gun, gadhafi was captured and killed. the arab spring is now trying to roll through syria. it has been bloody. exactly death tolls are impossible to know because the regime is not publicly keeping count of how many of its own civilians it's killed. best guesstimates put the number of dead in syria at about 17,000 people. over 16 months of fighting. even after kofi annan brokered a cease-fire agreement, the snipers and the shelling did not stop. people are still dying every day including at least 30 people killed today in homs. for 16 months, it has seemed like nothing in syria would change. but something seems to be happening now. there are increased reports of defections from syria's military. more than a dozen generals, a deputy minister, a syrian air force pilot flying his jet to jordan. the military turning against the regime defecting. "the new york times" reporting of the 80,000 young men expected to show up for ma
gadhafi fled and went into hiding. seven months after richard showsed us the rebel with the plastic gun, gadhafi was captured and killed. the arab spring is now trying to roll through syria. it has been bloody. exactly death tolls are impossible to know because the regime is not publicly keeping count of how many of its own civilians it's killed. best guesstimates put the number of dead in syria at about 17,000 people. over 16 months of fighting. even after kofi annan brokered a cease-fire...
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the administration said stopping syria's president assad is much different than it was with libya's gadhafi. the regime's air defenses are five times more than libya's. nato won't back military action. president obama made it clear the u.s. won't go it alone. >> for us to take military action unilaterally or to thin there's a simple mistake i think is a mistake. >> hillary clinton increased the pressure to stop arming assad. >> for those who continue to arm the regime put an end to the bloodshed. >> reporter: now, saudi arabia and other arab states are talking about the arming the rebels. u.s. officials acknowledge the growing pressure to do something is going to be hard to resist. brian? >> it got a little tense at that meeting today. >>> we have a health news story to report tonight that's getting a lot of attention and doctors hope it can be a turning point in the fight against one of the most prevalent forms of skin cancer. this is just one case, but it could be a major clue in how to use the body's immune system to take on melanoma which strikes more than 76,000 americans every year. w
the administration said stopping syria's president assad is much different than it was with libya's gadhafi. the regime's air defenses are five times more than libya's. nato won't back military action. president obama made it clear the u.s. won't go it alone. >> for us to take military action unilaterally or to thin there's a simple mistake i think is a mistake. >> hillary clinton increased the pressure to stop arming assad. >> for those who continue to arm the regime put an...
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others taken from egypt, libya, after the fall of moammar gadhafi. but hamas remained vastly out-gunned by israel this is a big gamble for hamas, and many are paying with their lives. most are off the streets, we can hear the air raid drones, the inflaming the entire region. >> all right, richard engel in gaza tonight. one more thing, look at how social media has come into play. for israelis who follow twitter the israeli army is posting real time warnings when missiles are in the air, heading their way. hamas is also using twitter, but in this case, showing the rocket, netanyahu, and the message, sorry, we have been humiliated >>> in this country, david petraeus snuck in and out of capitol hill today like a star witness at a hearing, which in fact, he was. the former four-star general, former cia director until a week ago tonight was hidden from view as he testified in secret about his old job and what he knows about what happened in benghazi, libya, on 911 of this year. nbc's kelly o'donnell has more. >> reporter: good evening, hearing from petraeu
others taken from egypt, libya, after the fall of moammar gadhafi. but hamas remained vastly out-gunned by israel this is a big gamble for hamas, and many are paying with their lives. most are off the streets, we can hear the air raid drones, the inflaming the entire region. >> all right, richard engel in gaza tonight. one more thing, look at how social media has come into play. for israelis who follow twitter the israeli army is posting real time warnings when missiles are in the air,...
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necessarily believe that the drones ever left libya in their surveillance role after the toppling of gadhafi. do you think in egypt it's possible that the u.s. has to consider fortifying security around the embassy with further marines there? and do you think that what's being sent to libya may actually end up in something looking like a military engagement there, of any kind, or do you think that's essentially going to stay a defensive posture? >> reporter: i think there's already types of of special operations going on in libya, in mali, where al qaeda has operated. there was great concern in the military community that all of this libyan weaponry suddenly disappeared as gadhafi's regime collapsed. so i know the military has been very concerned about this, concerned about the numerous militant factions. if you remember, when we covered the libyan revolution, there was all this weaponry, these rpgs, the armories that were being looted. well, when the regime fell, a lot of that weaponry just disappeared. and the rebels never disarmed. there was no weapons collection program, so the country s
necessarily believe that the drones ever left libya in their surveillance role after the toppling of gadhafi. do you think in egypt it's possible that the u.s. has to consider fortifying security around the embassy with further marines there? and do you think that what's being sent to libya may actually end up in something looking like a military engagement there, of any kind, or do you think that's essentially going to stay a defensive posture? >> reporter: i think there's already types...
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relationship with the new government out of benghazi supporting those rebels who were trying to oust gadhafi. the fact that he was one of the victims henrichson says shows that the new government does not have control and it is so unstable that it could spell trouble for the u.s. >> it's going to have a negative impact, at least initially, because the united states will be very wary of libya. they'll be very wary of the fact are they being told one thing by the government that wants to cozy up, wants american money. yet on the other hand are they encouraging elements, or at least giving them a certain tolerance to operate. we've seen that happen in egypt where the government will say one thing in english to us and another thing in arabic to its followers and other people in the world. one of the things to look for, do they really round up these people? are they tried? are they brought to justice? if that doesn't happen, that's a pretty good sign that the government is either complicit or doesn't want to be bothered very much. >> reporter: and henrichson warns that the u.s. cannot afford to l
relationship with the new government out of benghazi supporting those rebels who were trying to oust gadhafi. the fact that he was one of the victims henrichson says shows that the new government does not have control and it is so unstable that it could spell trouble for the u.s. >> it's going to have a negative impact, at least initially, because the united states will be very wary of libya. they'll be very wary of the fact are they being told one thing by the government that wants to...
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in many ways he helped them achieve the liberation of moammar gadhafi so it is even more tragic that he was killed by this mob. >> richard engel reporting from cairo. just about to go to the state department. secretary clinton expected to speak any minutes. just a couple of other minutes from the statement released by the state department and secretary clinton a little earlier. she says all the americans we lost in yesterday's attacks have made the ultimate sacrifice. we condemn this vicious and violent attack that took their lives which they had committed to helping the libyan people reach for a better future. america's diplomats and development experts stand on the front lines every day for our country. we are honored by the service each and every one of them gives. andrea mitchell. >> andrea mitchell at the state department. this is the first ambassador killed in the line of duty, andrea, since 1979. >> and, of course, that was in afghanistan. that's with the russian invasion of afghanistan, so this is an extraordinary occurrence, and it should be overlooked that three other ameri
in many ways he helped them achieve the liberation of moammar gadhafi so it is even more tragic that he was killed by this mob. >> richard engel reporting from cairo. just about to go to the state department. secretary clinton expected to speak any minutes. just a couple of other minutes from the statement released by the state department and secretary clinton a little earlier. she says all the americans we lost in yesterday's attacks have made the ultimate sacrifice. we condemn this...
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. >> and gadhafi, who was a polarizing figure. >> i think we can call him a world withwide baddy, in all fairness. he was a guy for which there were -- >> i think there's a simplistic, reductionistic view, sometimes, of these countries. where there's an assumption that you just bomb it. as diane finestein was saying, it's not as simple as that. it really isn't. and that's not me saying, those are the experts. >> but, martin, in agreement, i would say that the difference with libya is not only about our foreign policy. egypt was a very close ally, top two recipient of aid over the past 15 years, in conjunction with the camp david accords. normal relations have been established with libya after a long, negative period. so in both of those countries, we had closer, warmer ties than we do with syria, up to this moment. the difference really has been led by realist principles in the obama administration that we heard panetta say in the sound bite. which is that these are not areas in syria where you're going to see an organized opposition prevail. >> but can i ask a question, though? is i
. >> and gadhafi, who was a polarizing figure. >> i think we can call him a world withwide baddy, in all fairness. he was a guy for which there were -- >> i think there's a simplistic, reductionistic view, sometimes, of these countries. where there's an assumption that you just bomb it. as diane finestein was saying, it's not as simple as that. it really isn't. and that's not me saying, those are the experts. >> but, martin, in agreement, i would say that the difference...
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led a costly nato war to topple gadhafi, militants torched the complex and kied the first american ambassador is over 30 years. >> how could this happen in a country we helped liberate in a city we helped save from destruction? >> as the libyan president flew to benghazi to visit the destroyed consulate today, he said he deeply regretted the loss of life. >> we're doing our best to bring them to justice. >> the attack showed he does not have complete control of his country. in cairo where the united states turned its back on its old friend hosni mubarak, radicals are troying to destroy the embassy with running battles with riot police in tahrir square, tear gas and stones. it's ironic that with american diplomats inside the embassy who helped to give these demonstrators, these protestors a voice and allowed them to actually carry out this anti-american clashes that we're seeing right now. so what did washington think would happen if he won? as the new egyptian president morsi was campaigning to lead the world's biggest arab country in elections the u.s. supported, he used radical creatures to
led a costly nato war to topple gadhafi, militants torched the complex and kied the first american ambassador is over 30 years. >> how could this happen in a country we helped liberate in a city we helped save from destruction? >> as the libyan president flew to benghazi to visit the destroyed consulate today, he said he deeply regretted the loss of life. >> we're doing our best to bring them to justice. >> the attack showed he does not have complete control of his...
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the problem that libya has always had is after gadhafi fell, all of these militias that have been running around the country never disarmed. and some of the militias are affiliated with al qaeda, and one of the militias decided to carry out an attack against the conslate. now there does seem to be some tentative moves by the government and also just by the people of benghazi to disarm some of these militias, to try and disband them. if that's successful and libya can finally move on from its revolutionary phase and become a normal government, then i think libya can have a very positive future. small country, big country but small population. lots of oil. it has a lot of things going for it. it just needs to disarm and start behaving a little better. >> richard engel in afghanistan for us this morning. you can watch more of richard's reporting along with the rest of our nbc team reporting from the region all week long. "at the brink" starting tonight. >>> katty kay, a lot of questions now in this campaign about the administration's handling of what is still in parts, in places, a chaotic m
the problem that libya has always had is after gadhafi fell, all of these militias that have been running around the country never disarmed. and some of the militias are affiliated with al qaeda, and one of the militias decided to carry out an attack against the conslate. now there does seem to be some tentative moves by the government and also just by the people of benghazi to disarm some of these militias, to try and disband them. if that's successful and libya can finally move on from its...
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look at the sign that says mubarak equals gadhafi equals putin. is this the beginning of russia's equivalent of the arab spring? can the putin regime be brought down? >> do you want to become president? >> translator: i want real elections. we want elections which will be open for everybody who wants to take part, including me. if there's an election like that, i'll take part in it. >> how do you think this will end? what is russia going to be like five years from now? >> translator: like in american movies, there will be a happy ending. there will be no troops with rifles marching in the streets. >> just people with computers and cell phones? >> translator: yes. ipads every place. >> harry smith back from russia here in the studio. dual question, will putin stop at anything? and what happens to this movement monday morning after nbc news projects a putin victory? >> the question is will putin try to put this genie back in the bottle again. there are people within his own party who will say he is at a gigantic turning point. will he try to accommo
look at the sign that says mubarak equals gadhafi equals putin. is this the beginning of russia's equivalent of the arab spring? can the putin regime be brought down? >> do you want to become president? >> translator: i want real elections. we want elections which will be open for everybody who wants to take part, including me. if there's an election like that, i'll take part in it. >> how do you think this will end? what is russia going to be like five years from now?...
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this is one of the americans who had the biggest hand in helping unseat gadhafi and support the rebels and now to meet this fate, i very much hope that it doesn't disrupt what needs to be a very close partnership between the government of libya, the libyan people and the united states. >> my colleague, michael leiter, thank you very much. >> my pleasure. >> we'll be right back. nah. he's probably got... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. they can bundle all your policies together. lot of paperwork. [ doug ] actually... [ voice of dennis ] an allstate agent can help do the switching and paperwork for you. well, it probably costs a lot. [ voice of dennis ] allstate can save you up to 30% more when you bundle. well, his dog's stupid. [ voice of dennis ] poodles are one of the world's smartest breeds. ♪ bundle and save with an allstate agent. are you in good hands? the calcium they take because they don't take it with food. switch to citracal maximum plus d. it's the only calcium supplement that can be taken with or without food. that's why my doctor recommends citracal maximum. it's all abou
this is one of the americans who had the biggest hand in helping unseat gadhafi and support the rebels and now to meet this fate, i very much hope that it doesn't disrupt what needs to be a very close partnership between the government of libya, the libyan people and the united states. >> my colleague, michael leiter, thank you very much. >> my pleasure. >> we'll be right back. nah. he's probably got... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. they can bundle all your policies together....
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assassinated in that safe house and lured by the organization working with the united states to overturn gadhafi and police libya these last years but opened relationships with al qaeda and the darkest elements of the jihadists. there's suggestion ambassador stevens was murdered in revenge for the death of a libyan hero to the al qaeda forces al-libbi killed by a drone strike june 4th. >> john, what you're saying is round up the usual suspect, you're saying they have not really caught the perpetrators who killed ambassador stevens? >> the perpetrators are al qaeda and the jihadists of the uma. it's a vast organization. >> thank you for that. let me go to paul wulff wits, former deputy secretary of defense. thank you for coming back on the program. what's your take on this? president obama said no act of terror will go unpunished. he said we're going to bring them all to justice. what happens now? how do we bring them all to justice? >> clearly, we're talking about libya, it will happen with the cooperation of the libyans. one of the important things to put in context here, it's almost lost in ev
assassinated in that safe house and lured by the organization working with the united states to overturn gadhafi and police libya these last years but opened relationships with al qaeda and the darkest elements of the jihadists. there's suggestion ambassador stevens was murdered in revenge for the death of a libyan hero to the al qaeda forces al-libbi killed by a drone strike june 4th. >> john, what you're saying is round up the usual suspect, you're saying they have not really caught the...
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the libyan city america helped free from the oppressive regime of moammar gadhafi. chris stevens was among the americans killed after protesters stormed the embassy last night. demonstrators also swarmed the u.s. embassy in cairo, scaling the walls and tearing apart the american flag. the attacks are believed to be in reaction to a obscure movie film in the u.s. by an israeli citizen one that ridicules islam and the prophet mohammed. today, flags at the capitol have been lowered to half mast and the president spoke earlier in the rose garden addressing the tragedy. >> the united states condemns in the strongest terms this outrageous and shocking attack. since our founding, the united states has been a nation that respects all faiths. we reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. but there is absolutely no justification to this type of senseless violence. none. >> not content to sit on the sidelines at a critical moment in his presidential campaign, governor mitt romney plunged himself into the middle of this developing crisis, sharply criticizi
the libyan city america helped free from the oppressive regime of moammar gadhafi. chris stevens was among the americans killed after protesters stormed the embassy last night. demonstrators also swarmed the u.s. embassy in cairo, scaling the walls and tearing apart the american flag. the attacks are believed to be in reaction to a obscure movie film in the u.s. by an israeli citizen one that ridicules islam and the prophet mohammed. today, flags at the capitol have been lowered to half mast...
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. >> this character is described as a sex crazed gadhafi meets hussein ruler. so a little racy. oscars try to keep it a little classy. apparently the report claims he is not notified the oscars he's going to do this. there you see him as some of his other characters. >> he might crash the party? >> now that the buzz is out i'm guessing the motion picture academy is going to try and put an end to this. they bar promoting movies at the oscars unless it's a commercial. that's only recently. >> that would be genius if that happens. >> sunday night. >> thank you very much. good to see you. >>> up next, do you think the law that makes it a crime top lie about having been awarded top military honors infringes on free speech? it is our news nation gut check. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪ >> time now for the news nation gut c
. >> this character is described as a sex crazed gadhafi meets hussein ruler. so a little racy. oscars try to keep it a little classy. apparently the report claims he is not notified the oscars he's going to do this. there you see him as some of his other characters. >> he might crash the party? >> now that the buzz is out i'm guessing the motion picture academy is going to try and put an end to this. they bar promoting movies at the oscars unless it's a commercial. that's...
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without territory, they couldn't have an effective fight against gadhafi. without having territory which they do now have in syria, the rebels couldn't effectively fight against bashar al assad. this is a game-changing moment. >> because they have this territory and they don't have the cities, does this mean that we are getting closer to the tipping point but assad can hold on for awhile? what is your assessment from having been there? >> assad could hold on for awhile, because the rebels as you saw in that clip don't have serious weapons. they don't have armor-piercing weapons. they have some rpgs but the rebel unit we were with, for example, 635 men, 150 guns and about ten rpgs and those rpgs, rocket propelled grenades, weren't armor-piercing. so they can't really drive out too often, anyway, assad's forces. so this could go on for a long time, unless the rebels get more significant weapons and now that they have territory and now that they're getting better organized, it's almost like they've built a pot and it wouldn't take much more to fill it and for
without territory, they couldn't have an effective fight against gadhafi. without having territory which they do now have in syria, the rebels couldn't effectively fight against bashar al assad. this is a game-changing moment. >> because they have this territory and they don't have the cities, does this mean that we are getting closer to the tipping point but assad can hold on for awhile? what is your assessment from having been there? >> assad could hold on for awhile, because the...